What if you were born somewhere else?
Where you are born is chance — and that chance decides much of a life.
| Life expectancy | Lived to 80 | Deaths before 5 per 1,000 births | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 84 years | 71% | 2.4 |
| Italy | 83.9 years | 73% | 2.7 |
| Spain | 83.9 years | 72% | 3.2 |
| South Korea | 83.6 years | 69% | 2.8 |
| France | 83 years | 66% | 4.3 |
| Netherlands | 82 years | 65% | 3.9 |
| United Kingdom | 81.4 years | 66% | 4.7 |
| Germany | 80.8 years | 62% | 3.7 |
| United States | 78.9 years | 54% | 6.5 |
| Poland | 78.4 years | 54% | 4.2 |
| China | 78 years | 54% | 5.7 |
| Iran | 77.9 years | 54% | 11.3 |
| Türkiye | 77.4 years | 52% | 9.6 |
| Brazil | 76 years | 51% | 14.2 |
| Mexico | 75.1 years | 45% | 13.1 |
| Bangladesh | 75 years | 49% | 30.5 |
| Vietnam | 74.5 years | 43% | 17.3 |
| Russia | 73.5 years | 39% | 5.2 |
| India | 72.2 years | 42% | 26.6 |
| Egypt | 71.8 years | 40% | 22.4 |
| Indonesia | 71.2 years | 35% | 17.7 |
| Philippines | 69.9 years | 34% | 26.5 |
| Pakistan | 67.8 years | 37% | 56 |
| Ethiopia | 67.6 years | 34% | 44.5 |
| Tanzania | 67.2 years | 29% | 37 |
| Afghanistan | 66.2 years | 29% | 53 |
| South Africa | 66.2 years | 27% | 35.1 |
| Kenya | 63.8 years | 17% | 38.8 |
| DR Congo | 62.1 years | 30% | 89.7 |
| Nigeria | 54.6 years | 13% | 115.6 |